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Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 1h

They're a dime a dozen. By which I mean they are an incredible deal the likes of which we have not seen for decades.

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Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 13h

Varland kinda has a Norman Rockwell painting vibe

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Les Perreaux @perreaux.bsky.social · 14h

Tonight’s baseball opinion is you shouldn’t take out players who are cooking.

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Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

Alberta *already* has a teacher shortage

Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 1d

At 2 a.m., the Alberta legislature passed a bill that will force 51,000 teachers back to work, impose a four-year contract and use the notwithstanding clause to stave off a legal challenge and suspend teacher bargaining at the local level. It includes fines for Ts and the ATA if they defy it. #AbLeg

Striking Alberta teachers forced back to work by fast-tracked legislation, notwithstanding clause | CBC News

Bill 2 passed early Tuesday morning after a long night for lawmakers in the provincial legislature. Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced the legislation the day before.

www.cbc.ca

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Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

I read a lot! In my teens and early twenties I was very dedicated to reading literary books and classics; now I mostly look for entertainment rather than edification. BUT the writing has to be solid for me to not get fed up and DNF, so that literary history still has an insidious impact 🙄

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

Empathy, imagination, and critical thinking are muscles; reading exercises them all.

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

20. Why is reading important?

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Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

I think Knives Out will be a classic film and Kate Beaton's Ducks will be on *many* Canadian high school reading lists

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

19. In 50 years, what will be considered classic literature, art, movies, etc?

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Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

In my old age I look for clean writing, a plot that grabs me, interesting world building, and a sense of the author's foundations.

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

17. When reading a book, what do you look for?

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

Calvin O'Keefe from the first couple Wrinkle in Time books was my first crush

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

12. Who is your favorite fictional character?

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Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

Look, characters who are full of wrath but try really hard to make the world a better place will always, always get me.

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Brains over brawn? Competence porn?

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

13. What are your favorite book tropes?

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

Lyrics live in a different place in my brain than literary masterworks. Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan write extremely beautiful and complex literary lyrics (Ring Them Bells! Closing Time!), but they aren't more effective than simple folk songs like Goodbye Old Paint youtu.be/fIEowa9PsiY?...

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

I'm in the middle of Black Water Sister right now, just finished This Is How You Lose the Time War

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

16. What is the last book you've read?

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Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

Ada Limón

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

14. Who is your favorite poet?

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

Many UKL books (Dispossessed, Earthsea, essay collections), the later Witches books (Discworld), Temeraire and Scholomance, Kate Daniels, The Locked Tomb, the Broken Earth trilogy, The View from Saturday, A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

11. What are your favorite books of all time?

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Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

Solarpunk Voyageurs in a post-apocalyptic Canada

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

10. If you had to write a book, what would it be about?

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Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

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nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

9. How many books have you read this year?

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

I usually have a book on the go. 3-5 times per week?

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

8. How often do you read?

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

Getting to know people and experience new things (but safely and in comfort)

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

7. What do you love about reading?

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

Time Enough for Love, which I made myself get through for a guy (#regrets)

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

6. What is the worst book you've ever read?

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

The Scholomance trilogy changed my brain chemistry

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

5. What is a book that you read that radicalized you?

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

Too many adjectives

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

4. What are your pet peeves when reading a book?

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Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

Ursula LeGuin, Terry Pratchett, Naomi Novik, Ilona Andrews

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

3. Who is your favorite author?

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

Horror

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

2. What is your least favorite genre to read?

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Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 1d

Fantasy/SciFi

nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

1. What is your favorite genre to read?

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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 1d

If I were in charge of the music at the baseball stadium I would play cool and relaxing music for my team and super stressful scary haunted house music for the opposition

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